Wednesday, March 28, 2012

POSTCARDS FROM IRAN - 1969

Top: The mosaic walls of the Shaikh or Shaykh Lutfullah Mosque built in 1617 situated in the grand royal square of Isfahan.

Above: Snapshot of the Friday Mosque of Isfahan. Expressing the architecture of the Seljuk rule in Persia between 1038 and 1118.

Fashion:Gino Paoli

More mosaics of the Shaikh Lutfullah Mosque frame a wool pullover with collared inset by Prince Dinori.

Below: The Khwaju Bridge and a striped wool sweater-coat by Europe Craft.

The Khwaju Bridge was built by Shah Abbas II in 1650 in the Safavid style. The Safavid dynasty ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia. The Safavids ruled from 1501 to 1722.